"Why should I be polished and improved like goods for sale? I might not even want to marry! And besides, I have many skills. I can read and write and play the flute and harp. Why should I change to please some man? If he doesnâ€™t like me the way I am, then he can get some other girl for his wife."

-- Juliet Marillier

#Girl Quotes #Writing Quotes #Men Quotes

“You miss 100 percent of the selfies you never make.”
“If you improve or tinker with something long enough, eventually it will break or malfunction.”
“All men would be tyrants if they could.”
“The lover`s discourse was of an extreme solitude. The solitude was extreme because it wasn`t physical. It was extreme because you felt it while in the company of the person you loved. It was extreme because it was in your head, the most solitary of places.”
“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.”
“A fine picture is but the image of nature; a finished ballet is nature herself.”
“After three failed marriages, I know what it's like to be replaced.”
“when driven to the necessity of explaining, I found that I did not myself understand what I meant.”

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